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Spectrum Note 83: #rumination
S. T. Eleu
Why would you say to some stranger
on the train
it was really nice
talking
(to you)
do you like
talking
that much
and was I just the hapless fool
in the incidental circumstance
of proximity and time to kill
unless, I misunderstood you
and what you actually said was
it was really nice talking to
you
does this mean you want something
intimate with
me
and if so
where and when
your place, my hotel, right here
next week, tonight, right now
and if so
are we moving faster than the train
unless, I misread the subtlety of the signal
or read too much into the inflection
and what you really said was
it was really nice
talking to you
do you mean this
and if so
¿huh?
and does this mean
authentic, realtime feedback
has been expected all along
by all conversationalists upon parting
i.e.
it was really
a. awkward c. awesome
b. awful d. awgrindatious
talking to you
a. bye c. [bat eyelashes]
b. bis später d. [blush]
unless, you, too, have
no clue
as to the subtext
coloring, flavoring, harmonizing
words said upon parting
it was really nice talking to you
and are as entirely unsure as I
as to why
two strangers ever speak
while riding a train
to . . .
S. T. Eleu
Why would you say to some stranger
on the train
it was really nice
talking
(to you)
do you like
talking
that much
and was I just the hapless fool
in the incidental circumstance
of proximity and time to kill
unless, I misunderstood you
and what you actually said was
it was really nice talking to
you
does this mean you want something
intimate with
me
and if so
where and when
your place, my hotel, right here
next week, tonight, right now
and if so
are we moving faster than the train
unless, I misread the subtlety of the signal
or read too much into the inflection
and what you really said was
it was really nice
talking to you
do you mean this
and if so
¿huh?
and does this mean
authentic, realtime feedback
has been expected all along
by all conversationalists upon parting
i.e.
it was really
a. awkward c. awesome
b. awful d. awgrindatious
talking to you
a. bye c. [bat eyelashes]
b. bis später d. [blush]
unless, you, too, have
no clue
as to the subtext
coloring, flavoring, harmonizing
words said upon parting
it was really nice talking to you
and are as entirely unsure as I
as to why
two strangers ever speak
while riding a train
to . . .